Monocytes and the Host Response to Fungal Pathogens

Monocytes and their derivatives, including macrophages and dendritic cells, play Power Strips diverse roles in the response to fungal pathogens.Sensing of fungi by monocytes triggers signaling pathways that mediate direct effects like phagocytosis and cytokine production.Monocytes can also present fungal antigens to elicit adaptive immune responses

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The Hell Creek Formation, Montana: A Stratigraphic Review and Revision Based on a Sequence Stratigraphic Approach

The Upper Maastrichtian fluvial Hell Creek Formation of the Fort Peck Lake area, Montana (and regional equivalents) is notable for its Waste Compactor vertebrate fossils and for the K-Pg mass extinction at or near its upper contact.Despite intense study, internal stratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation is still poorly constrained, hindering study.

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